Dog credited for saving elderly neighbor

Dog credited for saving elderly neighbor

SPARTA, Mich. – A dog in Michigan is being credited for saving his 89-year-old neighbor’s life.

Rob Jerry was taking his dog out on St. Patrick’s Day morning when she started acting strange.

Instead of coming when he called, she stood still staring down the driveway.

So Jerry went to investigate.

Jerry said, “I heard something, but I thought it sounded more like a deer grunt and I thought that’s what she was just sitting there looking and then I listened for a couple seconds and I could hear that it wasn’t a grunt it was a ‘help.’”

Rob then saw his 89-year-old neighbor, Albert Larson, lying in his driveway.

Albert had been out there for at least an hour after slipping on ice while going to get the paper.